Wednesday, December 19, 2018

The only functioning Kings County Republican Chairman for the last ten years endorses Curtis Sliwa for Public Advocate

LAST EVENING --- the nominal Republican Party in Brooklyn endorsed some Queens City Council guy, who was once called "Doogie Howser" by the prior GOP City Councilman for Southwest Queens (HINT: The "Queens City Council guy" is Eric Ulrich, and of course this prior Republican City Councilman was Al Stabile; ask Joann A-G, she should remember, because everybody there must have agreed, they laughed so hard at the time)

Well, TODAY --- the leader of the real functioning Republican Party in Brooklyn, Craig Eaton, endorsed a New York City giant, Curtis Sliwa

Brooklyn, NY- On the heels of former Brooklyn & Queens Congressman and Queens GOP Chair Bob Turner endorsing Curtis Sliwa for New York City Public Advocate, the immediate former chair of Brooklyn's Republican Party today added his support for the popular talk radio host and founder of the Guardian Angels.

Eaton called on New York City Republican to back Sliwa. The long-time civic leader, who was also the former NYS Republican Vice-Chair for the five boroughs said, 'I have known Curtis Sliwa for decades and like many New Yorkers, have long admired his efforts to keep our streets and subways safe. He is an independent reformer that Republicans need to embrace to grow our party and win this race in order to bring some sanity to City Hall.'

Sliwa said that Eaton's long political and civic record made his support significant in Brooklyn. 'Craig Eaton is a respected Republican leader in New York, and an outstanding civic activist who works across the political spectrum for Brooklyn. Republicans and Independents know that I will be Mayor de Blasio's worst nightmare as Public Advocate.'

Queens Councilman Eric Ulrich has cynically attempted to portray himself as the only GOP and moderate alternative to the growing field of Democrats in the race. Eaton and Turner’s support is indicative of Sliwa’s appeal to hardworking and over-taxed outer-borough residents who are the backbone of the Republican Party.

Sliwa called Ulrich a 'Bill de Blasio Republican.' Local GOPers have questioned how Ulrich can be an effective check on Mayor de Blasio or attack lead Democrat opponent Melissa Mark-Viverito in this race. In 2013, Ulrich famously broke a pledge with GOP City Council colleagues to vote against Viverito for Council Speaker after making a cynical backroom deal with de Blasio and the Progressive Caucus. Ultimately, Ulrich voted for her as Speaker and said Mark-Viverito was a “very fair-minded person. I think that a lot of people would try to make her out to be the bogeywoman here, to scare people or to convince them not to vote for her.”

Ulrich’s lack of Republican principles was on full public display in 2017 when he supported Bo Dietl over the party’s standard bearer for Mayor, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis. A move, that many political observers felt simply aided the re-election campaign of Mayor de Blasio.

Sliwa said his top priority would be fighting to fix the subways, a turf he knows well since he has patrolled them for 40 years as the founder and leader of the Guardian Angels.

He also said that he would make the deplorable conditions at NYCHA a priority; calling the Housing Authority, “the biggest slum-lord in the nation.” Sliwa cited the need to salvage the city’s ruined relationship with the Trump administration since the federal government provides 90% of the funding for public housing."

5:05 sounds right. Cats may well humor Ulrich while Jerry and Liam sweet it out. Cats may issue a token “endorsement” of Ulrich a few days before the election and give him a minute on his radio show. It will end in quite a familar way also. On election night Cats and Eaton will be sipping champagne laughing their heads off as Ulrich crashes and burns in another embarrassing loss.

Guys it’s overs The gravy train is gone. The patronage mill is shutting down. Cats can’t stand Ulrich more than he can’t stand Golden. Cats did just enough to keep from being blamed for what to him was a certain loss for Golden. Ulrich is a loser going nowhere. Curtis stole his thunder already. On Election night Cats and Eaton will be laughing harder than they did last month.

If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.

Even if you just talk about a better mousetrap, some of those people will still beat a path to your door; and it doesn't matter that you might be "... a guy -- who wears $100 suits and has his wife cut his hair with a chainsaw..."

Yea if you look on social media Nicole and Nick are busy making the rounds delivering toys to local organizations. Must be driving the political groupies nuts. If by pros you mean hacks who need to have county chairs force people to hire them while fubarring everything they touch, yes Nick not qualified for that role.

I don't think Ghorra realizes how bad he and the Brooklyn GOP will look when all the favors Ulrich did for his bookies and loan sharks comes out..this is a city wide race, not a local ..the dirt comes out

I don’t even think Ghorra is going to back Ulrich in any meaningful way. It’s gonna be the usual Liam followers and whoever else he can get on the payroll. Curtis going to run circles around Ulrich operation.

RESPONSE: THE "SO, THEY'RE TRYING TO STEAL A SPECIAL ELECTION" EDITION

TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 7:01 PM"

IN THE BEST OF TIMES, ERIC ULRICH WOULD BE A VERY LONG SHOT --- BUT THESE AIN'T THE BEST OF TIMES

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN REALLY SMELL THE COFFEE ??? --- WHEN IT'S BEEN SCREWED-UP AND THE COFFEE POT HAS A BURNED BLACKNESS ABOUT IT AND IT STINKS REALLY BAD --- THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TO THROW EVERYTHING OUT

If 'Eric Ulrich is the last chance' then there is no chance; so let's put a pin in that trial balloon once and for all. If everybody involved in this Ulrich thing went to their "Twelve Step" meetings, like they're supposed to, they'd know that this is real "stinkin-thinkin".....

Craig Eaton, Bob Capano, Bob Turner and Curtis Sliwa have all correctly TAGGED Eric Ulrich as a "DE BLASIO REPUBLICAN" --- that kind of hashtag is going to stick --- and they have the goods on Prince Eric to prove it (and I've been told that they have worse than that in the pipeline).

Kassar and the Conservative Party have their fingerprints all over this turkey --- and they have never in their history come close to winning a city-wide race for anything --- so don't bet the farm on their chances now.....

Even in the light of day of the shortest day in the year, anybody can see that any plan to win anything citywide at any time or under any circumstances with Eric Ulrich is doomed to fail. And on top of all that the Sliwa candidacy is the perfect rock-, lock-, shock-, cock-block move to wreck it all.

Good point 521, for all the talk of doctored photos of others on subways, Liam is the only one who has had several rehab stints, been fired and suspended from jobs for drinking, pissed on a Councilman's office rug, and shit outside a taxi in Coney island..there is all publicly documented

In all seriousness..... curtis campaign and all his messaging to this point has been focused on Eric. That means he has already lost the race. If he really had all of this name recognition— who cares if Eric is in the race. Bob just go away. You suck, stop with the threats. You’re a gadfly and please just go away. The reform party was your last chance and you blew it bigly. It’s clear Eric has the mass support. Nobody cares about Eaton or what Turner is doing in retirement have to say.

Actually Curtis has been talking about improving subways as he has been keeping them safe for 4 decades ...Lord knows last time Ulrich has been on one..so Liam just go away. You suck. You’re a gadfly and please just go away. Your council race, the Grimm Race and the Saperstein race were ALL your last chance and you blew it bigly. It’s clear Sliwa has the mass support. Nobody cares about what Ghorra has to say..funny how Manhattan GOP is not on board with Ulrich, and how he is crying to anyone that will listen about that.

Message to all Brooklyn Republicans: when the Republican choice is not suitable, vote outside the party. That was true in November when Republicans, Democrats and Independents kicked Golden and Donovan to the curb. From now through early 2019 is the time for all good Brooklyn Republicans to kick deBlasio's Queens GOP usurper Eric Ulrich to the curb.

It’s gonna be awkward between Teddy Liam and Ulrich in Brooklyn when he expects the activists to come out and petition for him while they’re sitting it out waiting for Malliotakis to endorse him which is what they were promised at the meeting Tuesday night.

Can't believe how Nick is posting on social media about his giving away toys with nicole...doesn't he realize that Nicole even tells folks she uses him for free labor. When it comes to real decisions she listens to others as all will see very soon with her new Brooklyn head..

9:35 is so sad looking from the outside in. Anyone who knows Nicole knows how careful she is about saying anything about anybody. It’s kind of her mark. But then again political groupies can only speculate about what happens by having to see it on social media instead of participating.

What will happen is Nicole won’t endorse Ulrich and will also have to find a way to tell Jerry to bug off if he keeps heckling her to make good on his promises to people. It’s already been discussed. But then again you wouldn’t know that having to guess what’s happening by following it on Facebook.

Front and center in the photo announcing Brooklyn GOP endorsement of Ulrich was Anthony Testaverde, who was forced to resign from Senator Golden's staff after posting on social media that Hitler "had to start somewhere."

Stop all the talk about Liam association with Ulrich or anything else in Brooklyn GOP politics. Any 40+ year old man who lives on his girlfriend's couch can not be described as any kind of leader or any part of anything. Although, I hear after Liams late night at the Salty Dog yesterday, he may be living in the "dog house " there..

My friend lives up the street from TestaverdeHe was telling anyone who would listen to vote for Gianaris this year Probably end up costing Marty a few hundred votesAbout as many as Liam garnered against Quaglione I'd say

Sorry, 915, I'm not getting your point.Maybe, it's because I cannot follow your math About Liam and Quaglione. Why don't you start over again by telling us which election you are talking about? Then I'll be able to look up the real numbers, and then tell everybody if what you are saying makes any sense at all.

4:56 is (partially) right, they should have backed the bus up, and run over Testavede a second time, just to be sure.

As Candidate Recruitment Chairman of the Kings County GOP, Testaverde recruited a childhood friend, whom he knew was a convicted felon, whom he also knew to be out on bail on sexual assault charges, to run as a Republican for local office.

Anthony had his comments on Facebook twisted and turned into something they weren't, classic case of the PC Police run amok. He was forced out after one day to make room so more cronies could come back. Meanwhile multiple people of Golden's campaign team were directly associated with the proud boy drama and not only did he ridiculously back them up he got a lawyer to threaten to sue anyone who criticized them.

KASSAR USED HIS COLUMN IN THE "... REPORTER" TO BASH CANDIDACY OF CURTIS SLIWA AND BOOST THE EFFORTS OF ERIC ULRICH --- BOB CAPANO HAS PROMISED SOME "FUN" WHEN IT COMES TO HIS PUSHBACK ON THE FORMER BROOKLYN NYSCP CHAIRMAN AND LONG-TIME TROUBLE-MAKER IN AND AROUND THE BROOKLYN GOP

There exists a real power vacuum right now in the Brooklyn GOP making this the perfect opportunity for some young gun up-and-comers to swoop in and get noticed but insted we are stuck with Drunken Liam and his Proud Boys from the Upper West Side who can't win a coin toss. Where is the bench? Where are the New Leaders of the Brooklyn GOP? Do they even exist ?

Except for Kassar, none of Marty's crew, including Q, ever learned leadership. After a while, everybody on Marty's staff had to demonstrate a mastery of the art of followership and that they possessed the trait of sheepishness.

This whole Ulrich mess is going to test Marty’s old staff. They were all lining up behind Ulrich before they realized Sliwa would enter the race and they all were promised or lied to that Malliotakis would be supporting Ulrich. Now that’s unraveling and if Ulrich tanks they’ll own it.

1:02 should be concerned about their own emotional well being and mental health. Not because Chambers is still mentioned specifically in the tweet but because 1:02 has issues that neither Kassar, Malliotakis, or Chambers can fix.

Why so obsessed with one person who doesn’t even work for her as an Assembly employee? Maybe if you hadn’t acted so creepy with so many Brooklyn people there wouldn’t have been the unified outcry against you that you’re now blaming on others.

Liam is the De Facto head of the Brooklyn GOP, leading the areas only rep club and speaking regularly with the only GOP candidate for Public Advocate and Bklyn's only GOP elected official...that's power

It's good to still have one local GOP leader in Liam McCabe that does not leave the party (Capano), sneakily works with Democrats (eaton), doesn't cause friction within the local GOP (Chamberas) and doesn't produce fake news (mccall)

3:07 there are plenty of local GOP leaders emerging now that they know it’s okay to speak out against being controlled by a minor party of 5,000 people in the conservatives. Bob Capano and Craig Eaton have been Republicans for decades.They were on the front lines while Liam was a member of a different party up until two years ago. Now he’s workimg to elect a de Blasio Republican Ulrich who is despised by actual Republican voters and he draws his paycheck from Mayor de Blasio. Local GOP leader? Right.

"Democrat Eaton"? Craig has been a Republican all of his life and during his time as Chair we once held five Republican seats in Brooklyn. Under Ted and Liam we now have one Republican left in a seat that mostly represents parts of Staten Island. Unlike Liam, Craig didn't jump ship to another party once the patronage disappeared, unlike Liam, Craig isn't and employee of the de Blasio administration, and unlike Liam, Craig isn't supporting a de Blasio Republican for public advocate the same guy who was a staunch ally of Viverito.

Can we all agree that once Eaton and Capano brings down the Sliwa campaign in flames we will officially be done with these hacks? How many races do the yneed to loose before we show them the door? Cats already did

Craig Eaton is the guy who was a very successful Republican Chair who kept the party from the clutches of the cons for over a decade same who is a close friend of John Cats. Morgan showed how “close” he is to Cats when he tried backing John Burnett over Andrea. While Craig enjoys another vacation, the hangers on in the Brooklyn GOP are busy shining Jerry’s shoes. So everything is the same basically.

Ask Saperstein how much Liam “helped” him he’s been telling anybody who’ll listen. Quite an interesting story. Craig and John are good friends and the local losers can’t stand it. Only a matter of time until Ted and Liam see what happens when they try to run again during reorg.

Liam got embarrassed again in Brooklyn. With Marty Jerry and Rudy Giuliani campaigning for Lhota in Giuliani country, Cats came within a hundred votes of taking Brooklyn, and only did better in Staten Island. Cats lost Queens and the Bronx by big margins and got slaughtered in Manhattan. You could understand Lhota losing Staten Island because of the tolls but once again the Lhota team was so weak in Brooklyn they almost lost. No such issues for Lhota in the other boroughs wonder why.

Liam and Rob Morgan lose every race they touch. Cats got slaughtered in Queens where Lhota had competent people. Ask Rebecca Harrary Steve Saperstein and Michael Grimm what they think of the work done by those two.

Craig Eaton Is back in charge of the Brooklyn GOP. He doesn’t need to try to take cheap shots against anyone because he’s successful in business and was successful with the party. He’s calling the shots right now. Ted has all but given up besides trying to get Jerry to call off Liam. And all people have to do to get Liam to back off a leadership bid is to convince Q to do it. Liam will be back to bragging about how Steeplechase won the 46th district race possibly the only race they’ve ever won.

Craig endorsed Sliwa and most of the GOP activists in Brooklyn who actually do real campaigning are with Sliwa. Liam has the same crew who got a few hundred votes for Grimm in the primary. I'll take Craig's team any day.

Nick doesn't work for Nicole in the Assembly and never has. He is one of her close advisers and the political groupies can't stand him because they blame him for not getting jobs with Nicole. He's not the one who nixed it. They also blame him for what happened with Eric which is ridiculous. Eric was assured that Nicole would go along with him and wouldn't make waves, now that Eric showed up to 20 people at the Verrazzano and no one wants to help him, so much misplaced anger toward Nick Chambers. Nicole can't stand Eric and people know that. Instead of taking selfies all day and telling people what to do now they have no people to help an they have to do the work thmeselves. Gonna be a fun winter campaign.

One things for sure whatever happens Nick and Liam are not going to have a nervous breakdown about it especially since they don’t work for Nicole nor want to work for Nicole. You can bet some others are going to get real twisted when they find out they’ve been shunned once more.

Wow, I see that there are a lot of you still overly obsessed (almost in a creeeeepy way) with Eaton & Cats.

Look on FB. As Eaton is enjoying weeks in Aruba during the Holidays and Cats spending the same time in Florida, it is really sad that you Posters are stuck in your homes, apparently with no friends or NYE plans, talking and obsessing over these two people - all I can say is this is very sad

1:46 losers are posting while on vacation this is so unbelievable. Craig is good friends with John and you can post until you find something else to do but like one of the other posters said, get lives my friends.

I have to be honest here-how does liam get any sort of notoriety on this blog or anywhere in BK politics? He got crushed during the city council race. Has he ever been on a winning campaign? He single-handedly sabotaged the Saperstein race. Plus word on the street is he was accepting cash payouts from Frontus campaign. GOP leader? More like he should be an ex-communicated con man.

Cats was laughing about Golden when was at 21 with Craig on Election night. Although he was not laughing but annoyed in the summer when Ted wouldn’t take the hint and stop calling him. The only Cats Liam and Ted are meeting with are felines not the billionaire tycoon.

JAMES MC CLELLAND CAN GO HOME AGAIN --- "BACK IN THE USSR" OF THE GOP UNIVERSE --- THIS TIME AS "MANAGER" CPB #9 IN QUEENS

Here's exactly how one of my BSIs put it: ".... I noticed Marty's former driver James McClelland landed softly with a plum gig as the new district manager for Community Board 9 in Queens.... I recall hearing McClelland ran into the open arms of Golden after being expelled by the Queens GOP."

Well, I don't know nuffin' 'bout that --- but take it an run with it, as you wont.....

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